The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-03-10
BILL NYE'S LETTER.
He Writes Giving Information About I'll
Suany South.


He Writes Giving Information About tho
suany South.
Sioux RAPIDS Ia, 2, 8, 1857.
Bill Nye, Asheville, N. c.:
DEAR SIR: AS you are now rusticatlnS
1t In the South and has probably got lots OF
time to answer letters written to you in
good faith, l thought l would bother you
with few questions in regard to Carolina
or such other paris of the South as you
may be famyliar with
How is it for health "a compared with
the Northl
What is tho price per aero OF land close
to some good town' What viii. it cost to
clear ready for the plows
What are the principle fruits and vegeta-
blcs raiseis Is the wator good for drink
Ing lucposesl
Any information you can give mo in re-
gard to the South will be reed with thanks.
Hoping to hear from you soon ! am
Yours with respect ---
AS have not such great abundance OF
time in which to do this kind OF CORE
spondencc, l tax, the liberty of writing u
reply to your esteemed favor aud printing
it where it viii meet the eye of many
persons, no doubt, who may contemplate
addressing mo on the same subject
OF the South generally l know very lit
tic from personal observation, but you
will find throughout tho South, wherever
have hccn, a general tendency toward
warner weather than you obtain i'll tho
North.
North Carolina, as yoa are no doubt
aware, IS generally mountainous in it's geo.
graphical department. and on tho map
which peruscl as student, tho State was
\ ~,
prise, however, on arriving hero l found
North Carolin.. 10 be red. The soil, such as
it is, hiss 10 SINE roseate hue Of the adult
br.es Of commences, ana continues in that
coalition constantly.
The farms generally are not!a"ge In size,
and arc divided into three elias sos, viz, the
Mansari farm, the Gothic farm and the
pormcr farm. A good Gothic farm, near
town. will bring from S25 to 800 per acre,
inciud ,ag largo wall pockets to hold farm
ing implements ut night. so that they will
not drop out of the Gothic farm into the
Dormor farm below.
lido not say that these mountain farms
are steep. simply state that water read
lily runs OF whoa applied to them.
Tobacco is the great sta lie here. 1t is
mostly of the smoking va, sty, though on
the bottom lands a very hardy dwarf plug
tobacco grows easily, and during long
season planters may readily grow the large
tropical plug tobacco.
1t is rare sight to pass along the coun-
try roai and Sc the navy plug tobacco Of
North Carolina rising to its full height in
the glorious autumn sun, while through it's
waving boughs, the nut-brown or seal
brown plug tobacco of trad, with its gilt
tering little tin tag near the stem, may te
readily distinguished.
Fine cut tobacco also grows here to a
great height. Every thing that goes to
make life worth living may be found in the
widest profus:on. WHISKY is SO plenty
here that intemperance is not mark of
distinction.
Corn whisky, whether male beneath the
broad glare Of the MONDAY sun or by the
mooni 5ht process, is within the reach of
all. 1t is so plenty that do not care for it,
and know thai an Iowa man could put in
6 winter here that would be memorable
throughout his life.
You ask about the matter Of health, and
l am pleased to state that there has not
been circular printed or sent out from
here during the past ten years that did not
state in the most emphatic terms that this
is very healthy country. People who had
enjoyed good health while here have gone
North in several instances only to return in
a deceased condition from drowning or
some other miasmatic influence.
When I first camc here was dissatis-
fed. Iyearned for something that did
not find. 1t was not scenery or climate,
for each of these were a common occur
renee, but l soon got acquainted, and in
less than two weeks l had been addressed
two times as Colonel" I now enjoy the
South very much.
Fruits Of all kinds grow here and are
used almost exclusively. The apple, the
peach, the Hubbard squash, the grape, the
octoroon, tho ounce, the pecan, the per-
simmon and the oppossum grow here. Figs
do not mature in this latitude.
This is great country for lung dis
eases. People with fractional lungs como
here from every quarter of the globe.
There are so many people here with lung
diseases that man who is simply bald
headed does no at once obtain recognition.
The water is very good fer drinking pur-
poses, and have already heard it highly
spoken OF.
The weather is sometimes variable and
then again for little while it will be very
uniform One day you will see me playing
lawn tennis in a jaunty suit of flannel,
which shows to great advantage my easy
movements and heaving chest and on the
following day you may find me coiled
around a red-hot stove, waiting till the
clouds roll by.
But it is said to be good for lung troubles,
and many people who came here years ago
to die, have been reprieved and relieved.
There is no question about that. But you
will find that the houses built here for rent
or sale are made to admit the bulk of Gods
free air and no questions asked. If you
want to see robust climate come in under
the floor and lash the carpet into angry bill
lows foot high, come here and hire
perforated house. Yours in good faith,
NvR